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Music player
Use with Windows, Apple Mac and Linux
The Music Player allows you to play audio files which are stored on
computer in your network.
In order to play les from a computer on your network, your radio must
connect to a fi le server program on your computer which uses the
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) protocol (often known as DLNA). If
your computer uses Windows 7 or Windows 8 then your computer
already has a UPnP server program available. This is Windows Media
Player (version 12), and it can share your audio les with your radio. It
allows you to select les by Album, Artist, and so on using your radio's
controls. Throughout this section, where Windows 8 is mentioned, this
also includes Windows 8.1.
Windows Media Player can serve MP3, WMA, AAC and WAV les to
your radio. If you are an Apple Mac or Linux user, or if you have your
audio fi les stored in other formats, such as FLAC, there are other
UPnP server programs which you may use with your radio. Note that
Apple computers do not support UPnP streaming natively and that
Apple does not license their own equivalent streaming protocol (DAAP)
to third parties.
The Music Player on the radio can playback audio les in MP3, WMA,
AAC and WAV formats. WMA Lossless les can also be played when
using Windows Media Player as it will convert these to a compatible
format before streaming them to the radio. Note that the playback of
files encoded using WMA Voice, WMA 10 Professional, and for files
which have DRM protection are not supported.
When using a UPnP server, the search and selection criteria are determined
by the server software, but typically include Artist, Album and Genre. Many
server applications also allow you to access your files according to the
folders within which they are stored as well as other criteria.
Windows Media Player is less exible than some other UPnP servers,
but is generally easier to set up. It is supplied as a standard component
of windows 7, Vista or XP.
Many UPnP server applications are also capable of sharing pictures
and video les to other network connected devices. if this is the case (as
it is with Windows Media Player 11 and 12) you may see the option of
choosing between ‘Music’, ‘Video’ and ‘Pictures’ on the Music Player’s
Menu. You should only select the ‘Music’ option. Content offered via the
alternative options will not be playable on your radio.
Some third part server application allow customization of the search
criteria and indexing methods. This can useful of you have a very large
collection of store music les.
Here is a short selection of alternative UPnP server applications,
although many other are available.
Twonky Media Server (Windows, Apple Mac, Linux)
TVersity (Windows)
Elgato EyeConnect (for Apple Mac OS X)
Media Tomb (Linux, MAC OS X)
Please refer to the documentation for your chosen server application for
full details of its conguration and usage.
